2:05 PM,
Mar. 12, 2013

Home construction has taken off in the area around Whitestown in Boone County. These homes are in the sprawling Anson development.

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Serene Prince's Lakes in rural southern Johnson County and fast-growing Whitestown in suburban Boone County don't have much in common.

They're on opposite ends of the metro area. Prince's Lakes offers seclusion and lakeside living, while tiny Whitestown has grown as housing subdivisions have popped up around it. But they both hold the distinction of recording some of the fastest-growing property assessments in the eight-county region.

Prince's Lakes and surrounding Nineveh Township in southern Johnson County notched the highest average increase in assessed value for residential ...